COMPILED  CIRCULARS,  No.  10 

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THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 
STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 


CONCERNING  SELECTIVE  SERVICE  LAW 


Sacramento,  California,  July  2,  1918 


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SACRAMENTO 

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Circular  Letter  No.  322. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA.  ,         ,>V'>',     '>.' 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 
SACRAMENTO 

5-20  June  15,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Classification  of  Recent  Marriage  Cases. 

The  following  telegram  received  from  the  office  of  the 
Provost  Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  June  13,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  fourteen  seventy-five.  Please  promulgate 
at  once  to  Local  Boards  the  following  important  amend- 
ments to  the  Selective  Service  Regulations: 

Rule  Five,  Section  Seventy-two,  is  amended  to  read  as 
follows : 

''Rule  Five.  The  fact  of  dependency  resulting 
from  the  marriage  of  registrant  who  has  become  twenty- 
one  years  of  age  since  June  5,  1917,  and  who  has  married 
since  the  date  of  the  introduction  of  the  joint  resolution 
in  Congress  requiring  his  registration,  to-wit,  January  15, 
1918,  will  be  disregarded  as  a  ground  for  deferred  classi- 
fication. B.  If  a  registrant  w^ho  has  attained  the  age  of 
twenty-one  since  June  5,  1917,  and  who  has  contracted 
marriage  subsequent  to  the  date  of  the  enactment  of  the 
Selective  Service  Law,  to-wit,  May  18,  1917,  but  on  or 
prior  to  January  15,  1918,  claims  deferred  classification 
on  the  ground  of  dependency  resulting  from  his  marriage, 
the  fact  of  dependency  resulting  from  his  marriage  will 
be  disregarded  as  ground  for  deferred  classification,  unless 
the  dependency  is  a  child  of  the  marriage,  born  or  unborn 
on  or  prior  to  June  9,  1918,  in  which  case  such  a  regis- 
trant upon  satisfactory  proof  being  made  shall  be 
classified  in  Class  Two.  C.  If  a  registrant,  other  than 
one  who  has  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  since 
June  5,  1917,  who  has  contracted  marriage  since  May  18, 

39359 


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«  '•  .'If)??,'*  eijfiittft/Tli'C/^rcd  classification  on  the  «iroimd  of 
depoiidcncy  resulting  from  his  marriage,  the  fact  of 
dependency  resulting  from  his  marriage  will  be  disre- 
garded as  a  ground  for  deferred  classification,  unless  the 
dependent  is  a  child  of  the  marriage,  born  or  unborn  on  or 
before  June  9,  1918,  in  which  case  such  a  registrant  upon 
satisfactory  proof  being  made  shall  be  placed  in  Class 
Two.  D.  Nothing  contained  in  this  amendment  to  Rule 
Five  shall  be  construed  as  requiring  the  transfer  to  Class 
Two  of  any  registrant  who  has  been  finally  classified  in 
Class  One  on  the  affirmative  finding  that  his  marriage 
since  May  18,  1917,  was  made  with  the  primary  view  of 
evading  military  service." 

Instruct  all  Local  Boards  forthwith  to  classify  all  cases 
involving  marriage  since  May  18,  1917,  in  accordance 
with  the  above. 

Crowder. 

J.   J.   BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  323. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  17,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

The  following  letter  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Marshal 
General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

From  :  Office  of  the  Provost  IMarshal  General. 
To:        Draft  Executives  in  All  States. 

Subject:  INIeal  Tickets'. 

1.  Numerous  requests  are  being  received  from  various 
Department    Quartermasters   through   the   Quartermaster 


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General  for  desig-nations  of  Local  Boards  that  issue  cer- 
tain meal  tickets.  To  overcome  this  difficulty  to  a  large 
extent,  it  is  requested  that  you  give  directtions  to  Local 
Boards  to  hereafter  phice  their  Local  Board  stamp  at  the 
bottom  of  the  meal  ticket,  or  if  tlic  blank  space  at  the 
bottom  of  the  meal  ticket  is  not  large  enough  for  this 
stamp,  it  may  be  placed  diagonally  across  the  face  of  same. 
This  should  also  be  put  on  the  triplicate  copy  before 
forwarding  to  the  Department  Quartermaster. 

E.  H.  Crowder, 
Provost  Marshal  General. 
By  WiNPiELD  S  Price, 
Major,  National  Army,  Chief  Disbursing  Officer. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.   J.   BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  324. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  17,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

The  following  letter  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Marshal 
General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

From  :  Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To:       Draft  Executives  in  All  States. 

Subject:  Frx\udulent  Communications. 

1.  Referring  to  our  General  Telegram  No.  B  1239  of 
June  1st,  and  as  an  example  of  fraudulent  methods  which 
are  being  resorted  to,  there  is  enclosed  herewith  a  copy  of 


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a  fraudulent  form  letter  never  authorized  by  the  Navy 
Department.  Some  of  the  eopies  bear  the  signature 
"L.  W.  Overstreet"  in  typewriting;  othei-s  bear  no  sig- 
nature. Its  evident  purpose  is  to  enable  persons  subject 
to  draft  to  escape  military  service  by  presenting  what 
purports  to  be  an  official  determination  of  the  fact  that 
the  holder  of  the  letter  is  outside  of  the  draft  age.  Such 
letters  should  not  be  accepted  as  evidence  of  age. 

2,  The  Navy  Department  is  endeavoring  to  discover 
the  guilty  party  or  parties  and  it  is  requested  that  you 
ascertain  whether  or  not  any  such  letters  have  been  sub- 
mitted to  any  boards  in  your  State  and  instruct  boards  to 
take  prompt  measures  to  apprehend  persons  who  present 
such  letters  and  secure  all  possible  proof  in  connection 
w^ith  the  same. 

3.  At  the  same  time  it  might  be  well  to  advise  boards 
to  be  upon  the  alert  to  discover  similar  fraudulent  prac- 
tices. It  is  suggested  that  your  communication  of  the 
foregoing  be  made  to  the  Local  and  District  Boards  in  the 
strictest  confidential  manner  in  order  that  the  informa- 
tion may  not  be  publicly  disseminated. 

E.  H.  Crowder, 
Provost  Marshal  General. 

Navy  Department 

Bureau  of  Navigation 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Sir:  The  Bureau  acknowledges  receipt  of  your  offer  to 
reenlist  in  the  Navy  and  regrets  that  as  you  are  over  the 
maximum  age  limit  j^our  reenlistment  at  this  time  can  not 
be  authorized. 

The  Bureau  wishes  to  thank  you  for  the  offer  of  your 
services. 

Respectfully, 

Division  of  Enlisted  Personnel, 
Bureau  of  Navigation,  Navy 
Department. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  Q.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


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Circular  Letter  No.  325. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  17,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

The  following  letter  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Marshal 
General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

From  :  Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To :        Draft  Executives  in  All  States. 

Subject  :  Amendment  to  Section  151,  S.  S.  R. 

1.  Section  151,  S.  S.  R.,  is  hereby  amended  by  the 
addition  of  the  following: 

''(h)  Except  in  the  following  cases,  no  person  regis- 
tered or  subject  to  registration  under  the  Selective  Service 
Act  may  enlist  or  be  recruited  in  the  military  forces  of 
co-belligerents  of  the  United  States : 

(1)  Upon  presentation  by  a  registrant  to  a  recruiting 
officer  of  a  co-belligerent  of  the  United  States,  of  a  certifi- 
cate of  final  classification  of  his  Local  Board  (Form  1007, 
P.  M.  G.  0.)  showing  that  he  has  been  placed  in  Class 
V  (e)  on  the  ground  that  he  is  an  alien  enemy  or  in 
Class  V  (f )  on  the  ground  that  he  is  a  resident  alien  who 
has  not  declared  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States,  he  may  enlist  in  the  military  forces  of  a 
co-belligerent  of  the  United  States. 

(2)  Upon  presentation  by  a  registrant  to  a  recruiting 
officer  of  a  co-belligerent  of  the  United  States,  of  a  certifi- 
cate of  his  Local  Board  that  he  has  been  found  by  the 
Local  Board  not  to  be  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  and 
not  to  have  declared  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen  of 
the  United  States,  that  he  has  expressly  waived  classi- 
fication in  Class  V  on  the  ground  of  alienage,  and  that  the 
Local  Board  has  placed  him  in  Class  II,  III  or  IV,  he  may 
enlist  in  the  Military  forces  of  a  co-belligerent  of  the 
United  States;  Form  1007,  P.  M.  G.  0.,  may  not  be  used 
in  this  case,  but  the  Local  Board  shall  prepare  a  special 
certificate. 


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(3)  Immediately  upon  the  enlistment  of  a  registrant 
under  the  exceptions  above  noted,  the  recruiting  officer 
shall  forward  to  the  local  board  a  certificate  that  the 
registrant  has  enlisted  in  the  military  service  of  the 
country  which  the  recruiting  officer  represents.  The 
local  board  shall,  upon  receipt  of  such  certificate  of  the 
recruiting  officer,  place  in  Class  (5f)  any  registrant  who 
has  enlisted  under  the  provisions  of  the  sub-paragraph 
immediately  preceding." 

2.  If  Local  Boards  or  State  Headquarters  learn  that 
recruiting  officers,  of  foreign  countries  have  enlisted 
registrants  in  violation  of  the  above  regulation,  it  is 
requested  that  they  immediately  forward  to  this  office 
affidavits  showing  the  fact  and  circumstances  of  the 
enlistment  and  citizenship  and  classification  of  the  regis- 
trant, in  order  that  steps  may  be  taken  to  obtain  his 
discharge  from  such  military  service  and  return  to  the 
place  of  enlistment. 

E.  H.  Crow^der, 
Provost  Marshal  General. 
By  C.  A.  Hope, 
Capt.   National  Army ;   Acting  Chief 
Administrative  Division. 

By  direction  op  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  326. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5_12  June  18,  1918. 

To  all  Lijcal  (ukI  Mfdical  Adrisorii  Hoanh: 

Subject:  New  Physical  Examination  Manual. 
Herewith  Form  75  which  is  a  new  and  complete  manual  for 
standards  of  physical  examinations.     This  will  be  used  by  all 


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Arodical  Examining  Officers  of  Local  Boards,  Medical  Examin- 
ing Boards  and  at  the  mobilization  camps. 

Please  distribute  these  to  your  examining  ph^^sicians.  If 
you  need  additional  copies  order  them  immediately. 

The  Provost  Marshal  General  instructs  that  ALL  OF  YOUR 
FORMS  64  ARE  TO  BE  IMMEDIATELY  DESTROYED. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  327. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-12  June  18,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Transportation. 

The  attention  of  Local  Boards  is  again  called  to  the  fact 
that  men  who  are  to  be  sent  to  camp  on  tourist  sleepers  must 
have  transportation  requests  for  excess  fare. 

The  fare  on  regular  day  coaches  is  three  cents  a  mile.  When 
a  man  travels  on  a  tourist  sleeper,  an  additional  charge  of  one 
quarter  cent  per  mile  is  made  for  transportation.  This  is  in 
addition  to  the  regular  charge  for  a  tourist  berth.  Therefore, 
the  Local  Boards  must  furnish  the  man,  1st,  with  his  regular 
ticket,  2d,  with  liis  ticket  for  a  berth  and,  3d,  if  the  man  pur- 
chases his  berth  at  a  place  other  than  the  point  of  entraining, 
the  Local  Board  must  give  him  a  transportation  request  for 
the  excess  fare. 


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If  you  do  not  understand  this  system,  call  on  the  Local 
Railroad  Agent  and  get  him  to  show  you  the  little  red  slip  that 
he  has  to  attach  to  the  tickets  for  the  excess  fare  and  explain 
the  sy.stem  to  you. 

During  the  last  week,  since  the  excess  fare  regulations  went 
into  effect,  this  office  has  been  called  upon  almost  every  day  to 
issue  additional  transportation  requests  to  men  from  Local 
Boards  within  this  and  adjacent  states.  In  some  cases  as 
many  as  six  or  eight  contingents  have  been  held  up  at  Sacra- 
mento for  some  hours  because  of  lack  of  proper  transportation 
requests. 

AVhile  this  office  is  always  glad  to  help  out  men  from  con- 
tingents in  this  way,  it  should  be  unnecessary  and  it  frequently 
causes  the  men  inconvenience  and  delay  en  route. 

By   DIRECTION   OP   THE   GOVERNOR. 

J.   J.    BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 

The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  328. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1_12  June  18,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

The  following  letter  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Marshal 
General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

From:  Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To:        Draft  Executives  in  All  States. 

Subject:  Transportation. 

1.  The  following  letter  from  the  Quartermaster  at  Fort 
Benjamin  Harrison,  Indiana,  has  been  received  in  this 


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office  through  the  Quartermaster  General's  Office,  and  is 
quoted  for  your  information,  and  with  the  request  that  it 
be  communicated  to  all  Local  Boards  in  your  next  bul- 
letin : 

''Considerable  confusion  has  arisen  recently  due  to  the 
fact  that  enlisted  men  under  orders  to  report  at  this 
station  have  been  furnished  by  Local  Draft  Boards  trans- 
portation reading-  to  Indianapolis  onl.y.  Inasmuch  as 
Fort  Benjamin  Harrison  is  located  eleven  miles  east  of 
Indianapolis  on  the  C.C.C.  &  St.  L.  Ry.  and  the  Union 
Traction  Company  of  Indiana,  the  above  arrangement 
has  resulted  in  a  large  number  of  men  arriving  at  Indian- 
apolis within  the  last  few  weeks  without  transportation 
between  Indianapolis  and  Fort  Benjamin  Harrison. 

It  is  suggested  that  in  order  to  insure  transportation 
being  furnished  to  destination  instructions  be  issued  to 
the  various  local  draft  boards  that  all  transportation 
requests  covering  travel  to  this  station  be  issued  through 
to  Fort  Benjamin  Harrison  showing  C.C.C.  &  St.  L.  Ry. 
as  the  last  carrier." 

E.  H.  Crowder, 
Provost  Marshal  General. 
By  WiNFiELD  S.  Price, 
IMajor,  N.  A.,  Chief  Disbursing  Officer. 


By  direction  op  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


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Circular  Letter  No.  329. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  18,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Reclassification  of  Recent  Marriage  Cases. 

The  following  telegram  received  from  the  office  of  the 
Provost  Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  June  17,  1918. 
Governor  of  California, 
Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  fifteen  thirty-eight.  Our  telegram  No.  four- 
teen seventy-five  amending  Rule  5,  Section  72,  S.  S.  R., 
provides  that  certain  registrants  married  since  May  18, 
1917,  shall  be  placed  in  Class  1  or  2.  These  registrants 
shall  be  designated  on  questionnaire  and  cover  sheet  as 
being  in  subdivision  X,  Class  1  or  2,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  op  the  Governor. 

J.  J.   BORREE; 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


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Circular  Letter  No.  330. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  18,  1918. 

To  all  Loc<il  Boards: 

Subject:  Registration  Cards. 
Confirming  telegram  of  even  date.     The  following  telegram 
received  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General  is  pub- 
lished for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned : 

Number  E  fifteen  seventy-five.  Instruct  all  Local 
Boards  at  once  by  wire  that  no  registration  cards  of  the 
new  registration  received  after  June  18  will  be  assigned 
registration  numbers  at  the  present  time  and  no  lists  of 
such  registration  cards  received  after  date  shall  be  pre- 
pared as  required  by  Section  47  of  Registration  Regula- 
tions No.  2.  Regulations  to  be  issued  in  the  future  will 
specify  the  manner  of  assigning  registration  numbers  to 
all  such  cards  which,  pending  the  issuance  of  such  Regula- 
tions should  be  held  by  each  Local  Board.  All  registration 
cards  received  on  or  before  June  18  shall  immediately  be 
assigned  registration  numbers  as  prescribed  in  Sections  43 
and  44  of  Registration  Regulations  No.  2  and  lists  shall 
be  made  and  disposed  of  as  prescribed  in  Section  47.  It 
is  imperative  that  all  cards  received  on  or  before  June  18 
be  immediately  numbered  and  lists  prepared  as  required 
by  the  Regulations.  This  office  should  be  advised  not  later 
than  June  20  that  all  such  cards  have  been  numbered  and 
lists  received  in  your  office.  Urge  all  Boards  to  promptly 
forward  all  such  lists  and  if  any  lists  of  registration  con- 
summated on  June  5  are  lacking  all  such  lists  should  be 
immediately  forwarded  as  this  class  must  be  made  avail- 
able for  call   at  the   earliest  possible  moment.     This  is 


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urgent,  therefore  please  acknowledge  and  give  personal 
attention. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  op  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  331. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  18,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Emergency  Fleet  List. 
Confirming  telegram  of  even  date.     The  following  telegram 
received  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Marshal   General  is 
published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned : 

Number  B  fifteen  thirty-five.  Communicate  following 
to  all  Local  Boards  by  wire : 

''Section  154  check  of  Emergency  Fleet  Classification 
List  prescribed  in  Paragraph  C  will  be  dispensed  with  for 
month  of  June.  It  is  hoped  by  July  1st  to  perfect  new 
plan  and  regulations  covering  Emergency  Fleet  Classifi- 
cation. ' ' 

Crowder. 


By  direction  op  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C. 
The  Adjutant  General. 


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Circular  Letter  No.  332. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  22,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :  Questionnaires  for  New  Registrants. 

Following  telegram  quoted  for  your  information  and  com- 
pliance : 

Number  B  sixteen  hundred  six.  Beginning  on  June 
25th  and  continuing  for  three  days  thereafter  Question- 
naires for  second  edition  shall  be  sent  each  day  to  twenty- 
five  per  cent  of  the  registrants  of  the  class  of  June,  1918,  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  92  and  the  last 
paragraph  of  Section  99,  as  amended.  Selective  Service 
Regulations,  except  that  in  mailing  Questionnaires  Local 
Boards  shall  proceed  according  to  the  registration  num- 
bers of  registrants  and  shall  defer  making  any  entries  on 
the  classification  list  until  after  the  order  numbers  have 
been  assigned  in  accordance  with  Regulations  subsequently 
to  be  promulgated.  The  space  for  serial  and  order  num- 
bers on  the  Questionnaire  shall  be  left  blank,  the  order 
numbers  to  be  filled  in  after  they  have  been  determined 
and  the  Questionnaires  are  returned.  After  these  num- 
bers have  been  determined,  the  name  shall  be  entered  upon 
the  classification  list  in  the  order  of  their  liability  for 
service  as  will  be  prescribed  in  later  Regulations,  and  the 
date  of  which  the  Questionnaire  was  mailed  to  each  regis- 
trant shall  then  be  entered  in  column  five  of  the  classifi- 
cation list.  For  this  purpose  a  tentative  list  of  the  dates 
on  which  Questionnaires  were  mailed  should  be  kept  by 
each  board.  In  preparing  Form  1002  under  Section  92, 
Selective  Service  Regulations,  the  word  ''Order"  appear- 
ing in  its  title  shall  be  changed  to  read  "Registration" 
inasmuch  as  Questionnaires  are  sent  to  registrants  before 
Order  Numbers  are  assigned. 


—  14  — 

If  more  convenient  you  may  issue  all  Questionnaires  at  once. 
Second  edition  Questionnaires  in  mail  to  you,  use  second  edi- 
tion only  hereafter,  return  excess  suj^ply  of  first  edition. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  O., 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  333. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  22,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

SuB.jECT:  Nonproductive  Occupations. 
The  following:  telegram  received  from  the  office  of  the  Pro- 
vost ]\Iai*shal   General   is  published  for  the   information   and 
guidance  of  all  concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  June  21,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  sixteen  fourteen.  Communicate  to  all  Local 
Boards. 

In  the  administration  and  enforcement  of  the  amend- 
ments to  Selective  Service  Regulations  which  become 
effei^-tive  July  1,  1918,  and  which  provides  for  the  with- 
drawal of  deferred  classification  and  order  number  of 
registrants  found  to  l)e  idlers  or  engaged  in  nonproduc- 
tive occupations  or  employments.  You  are  instructed  as 
follows : 

1.  Paragraph  A  of  Section  121  K  does  not  include  man- 
agers, clerks,  cooks,  or  other  employees  unless  they  are 
engaged  in  the  serving  of  food  and  drink,  or  either. 


—  15  — 

2.  The  words  ''other  attendants*'  in  Paragraph  B  of 
Section  121  K  include  bell  boys,  and  also  include  porters, 
unless  such  porters  are  engaged  in  heavy  work. 

8.  Paragraph  C  of  Section  121  K  includes,  in  addition 
to  ushers  and  their  attendants,  all  persons  engaged  and 
occupied  in  games,  sports  and  amusements,  except  actual 
performers  in  legitimate  concerts,  operas  or  theatrical 
performances. 

4.  Paragraph  D  of  Section  121  K  does  not  include 
public  or  private  chauffeurs,  unless  they  are  also  engaged 
in  other  occupations  or  employments  defined  by  these 
Regulations  as  nonproductive. 

5.  Paragraph  E  of  Section  121  K  does  not  include  store 
executives,  managers,  superintendents,  nor  the  heads  of 
such  departments  as  accounting,  financial,  advertising, 
credit,  purchasing,  delivery,  receiving,  shipping  and  their 
departments ;  does  not  include  registered  pharmacists 
employed  in  wholesale  and  retail  drug  stores  or  establish- 
ments; and  does  not  includ'C  traveling  salesmen,  buyers, 
delivery  drivers,  electricians,  engineers,  carpet  layers, 
upholsterers,  nor  any  employees  doing  heavy  work  out- 
side the  usual  duties  of  clerks. 

6.  The  words  ' '  Sales  Clerks  and  other  Clerks ' '  in  Para- 
graph E  of  Section  121  K  do  include  the  clerical  force  in 
the  office,  and  in  all  department  stores  and  mercantile 
establishments. 

7.  The  words  ''stores  and  other  mercantile  establish- 
ments" in  Paragraph  E  of  Section  121  K  include  both 
wholesale  and  retail  stores  and  mercantile  establishments 
engaged  in  selling  goods  and  wares. 

8.  In  addition  to  the  cases  where  reasonable  excuses 
may  be  accepted  for  temporary  idleness  or  for  being 
engaged  in  a  nonproductive  occupation  or  employment. 
Local  and  District  Boards  have  authority  under  the  Regu- 
lations to  withhold  or  postpone  action  for  a  reasonable 
time  in  cases  where  it  appears  that  the  registrant,  in  good 
faith,  is,  or  has  been,  seeking  productive  employment, 
and  that  such  reasonable  postponement  will  enable  him  to 
secure  such  employment. 

9.  Local  Boards  are  instructed  to  cooperate  with  the 
State  Directors  of  the  United  States  Employment  Service, 
or  Local  Agents  of  such  service  when  advised  of  their 


—  16  — 

appointment  and  location,  in  order  that  this  Agency  of 
the  Government  may  be  enlisted  to  assist  registrants 
engaged  in  nonproductive  occupations  or  employments  to 
obtain  work  of  a  productive  character  as  soon  as  possible 
and  with  the  least  hardship  or  inconvenience.  To  this 
end  Local  Boards  should  furnish  to  such  directors  or 
agents  the  names  and  addresses  of  registrants  to  whom 
notice  to  appear  has  been  given;  should  furnish  such 
directors  or  agents  with  the  names  and  addresses  of  regis- 
trants who  may  inquire  for  information  in  respect  of  a 
chance  of  employment  and  refer  all  registrants  requesting 
such  information  to  the  directors  or  agents  of  the  United 
States  employment  service. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  334. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-16  June  27,1918. 

To  all  Local,  Legal  Advisory  Boards 
and  Government  Appeal  Agents: 

Subject:  Legal   Aid   to   Nineteen    Eighteen   Registrants. 

Beginning  June  25th  and  during  the  three  successive  days 
Questionnairas  are  being  mailed  to  all  registrants  of  June  5, 
1918.  These  registrants  are  entitled  and  should  receive  the 
same  legal  aid  as  the  registrants  of  June  5,  1917,  received  in 
filling  out  their  Questionnaires. 

This  Office  is,  therefore,  calling  upon  the  various  Boards, 
particularly  the  Members  and  Associate  ^Members  of  the  Legal 
Advisory  Boards  to  again  render  such  aid  to  the  registrants. 


—  17  — 

The  work  of  the  various  advisors  during  the  latter  part  of  1917 
and  the  early  months  of  this  year  was  so  effectual  and  was  so 
patriotically  and  efficiently  rendered  that  this  Office  has  no 
doubt  that  the  1918  registrants  will  receive  equal  aid  in  filling 
out  their  Questionnaires  and  in  receiving  proper  advice. 

As  the  Members  of  all  Boards  and  the  Associate  Members 
of  the  Legal  Advisory  Boards  are  now  familiar  with  their 
duties  this  Office  is  issuing  no  specific  and  detail  instructions 
regarding  such  duties  at  this  time  as  it  is  believed  that  such 
are  unnecessary. 

By   DIRECTION   OF   THE   GOVERNOR. 

J.   J.   BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  Na.  335. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-16  June  27,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

The  following  letter  received  from  the  Provost  Marshal 
General  is  quoted  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

From  :  Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To:       Draft  Executives  in  All  States. 

SuB-jECT:  Change  in  Manner  of  Handling  Individual 

Inductions. 

1.  Effective  July  1,  1918,  competent  orders  (frequently 
termed  ''individual  induction  orders")  will  he  issued  by 
the  Provost  MarsJiul  General  only.  No  other  person  is 
vested  with  authority  to  issue   these  orders,  and  Local 


—  18  — 

Boards  will  ignore  all  orders  or  requests  for  the  individual 
induction  of  registrants  which  are  signed  by  any  other 
person  and  which  are  presented  to  them  subsequent  to 
June  30.  The  following  procedure  will  govern  individual 
induction  under  competent  orders  so  far  as  the  Selective 
Sendee  machinery  is  concerned. 

2.  Competent  orders  (original  and  duplicate  Form 
No.  2007)  will  be  forwarded  by  the  Provost  Marshal 
General  to  the  Local  Board  direct.  Upon  the  receipt  of 
these  orders  the  Local  Board  will  summon  before  it  the 
registrant  named  in  the  orders  and  offer  him  voluntary 
induction  thereunder.  The  registrant  must,  within 
twenty-four  hours,  indicate  his  acceptance  or  rejection  of 
the  offer  by  signing  the  statement  at  the  bottom  of  Form 
2007.  If  the  offer  is  declined,  both  copies  of  Form  2007 
will  be  filed  with  the  Questionnaire  of  the  registrant  and 
this  office  notified  of  the  rejection  of  the  offer  on  Form 
2008  (the  post  card  form  accompanying  the  competent 
orders). 

3.  Upon  acceptance  by  a  registrant  of  voluntary  induc- 
tion under  a  competent  order  the  Local  Board  will  proceed 
to  induct  him  in  the  usual  manner  by  entering  in  column 
24  of  its  classification  list  the  date  and  hour  on  which  he 
is  to  report  to  the  Board  for  military  duty  and  entrain- 
ment  (which  date  shall  not  be  later  than  seven  days  after 
the  date  of  his  acceptance)  and  mailing  to  him  Form 
1028,  the  order  to  report  for  military  duty.  Upon  report- 
ing for  military  duty  the  Local  Board  wdll  deliver  the 
following  papers  to  the  registrant,  instructing  him  to 
deliver  them  to  the  military  authorities  immediately  upon 
his  arrival  at  his  destination:  One  Form  1  (certified 
copy  of  original  registration  card  of  registrant),  one 
Form  1029  A  and  B,  one  copy  of  Form  1010,  and  the 
duplicate  copy  of  Form  2007.  The  following  papers  will 
be  sent  by  registered  mail  to  the  Adjutant  of  the  military 
camp  or  station  to  whicli  the  registrant  is  sent:  Form 
1029  (original  and  duplicate),  and  one  copy  of  Form 
1010.  The  original  copy  of  Form  2007  will  be  filed  by 
the  Local  Board  with  the  Questionnaire  of  the  registrant. 

4.  Local  Boards  must  induct  registrants  under  com- 
petent orders  unless  at  the  time  of  the  receipt  of  the 
orders  the  Local  Board  has  either  entered  in  column  24 


—  19  — 

of  its  classification  list  the  date  and  hour  on  which  he  is 
to  report  for  military  duty  and  entrainment  or  mailed  to 
him  Form  1028,  the  order  to  report  for  military  duty. 
If,  however,  either  of  these  steps  have  been  taken  by  the 
Board,  the  competent  orders  should  not  be  honored. 
Slackers  (persons  who  have  failed  to  register),  delinquents 
and  deserters  must  not  be  inducted  under  competent 
orders.  If  for  any  reason  induction  is  refused  by  the 
Local  Board  the  reason  for  such  refusal  will  be  clearly 
indicated  on  Form  2008.  Once  a  registrant  has  signed 
his  acceptance  on  the  competent  order  the  Local  Board 
must  complete  the  induction  even  through  the  registrant 
subsequently  changes  his  mind  and  attempts  to  withdraw 
his  acceptance. 

5.  A  registrant  must  not  be  inducted  under  a  competent 
order  unless  he  possesses  the  exact  physical  requirements 
specified  in  the  order.  For  instance,  if  the  order  states 
that  the  registrant  shall  be  inducted  only  in  case  he  is 
found  physically  qualified  for  special  or  limited  service 
only,  the  registrant  may  not  be  inducted  if  he  is  found 
physically  qualified  for  general  military  service,  or  remedi- 
ably  defective,  or  physically  disqualified  for  military 
service. 

6.  Registrants  in  a  deferred  classification  must  file  with 
their  Local  Board  a  waiver  of  such  classification.  If  the 
registrant  is  in  Class  IV  on  the  ground  of  dependency,  a 
waiver  must  also  be  filed  by  the  person  or  persons  in  whose 
interest  he  was  thus  classified  in  Class  IV. 

7.  Transferred  cases  will  be  handled  as  follows:  Local 
Board  of  transfer  at  the  expense  of  the  registrant  will 
request  Local  Board  of  origin  to  prepare  the  necessary 
induction  papers  as  prescribed  in  Section  148  of  the 
Selective  Service  Regulations  (as  amended  by  C.S.S.R. 
No.  1,  January  21,  1918),  and  advise  the  Board  of  transfer 
as  to  the  status  of  the  registrant  in  respect  to  dependency. 
If  the  registrant  is  not  a  slacker,  a  delinquent,  or  a 
deserter,  and  has  not  been  previously  ordered  to  report 
for  military  duty,  the  Board  of  origin  will  prepare  the 
necessary  papers  and  forward  them  at  once  to  the  Board 
of  transfer.  Upon  receipt  of  the  papers  the  Board  of 
transfer  will  add  the  name  of  the  place  of  actual  induction 
at  the  bottom  of  the  space  for  the  stamp  of  the  Local 


—  20  — 

Board  on  all  papers  and  will  induct  the  registrant  into 
service.  It  will  add  to  the  induction  papei^  which  accom- 
pany the  registrant  the  duplicate  copy  of  Form  2007. 
The  Local  Board  of  transfer  will  also  execute  and  mail 
Form  2008.  In  transferred  cases  Local  Boards  of  trans- 
fer will  accept  necessary  waivers  in  cases  of  dependency 
but  will  transmit  them  to  Board  of  origin.  Local  Board  of 
transfer  will  transmit  original  of  Form  2007  to  the  Local 
Board  of  origin  immediately  upon  completing  the  induc- 
tion. 

8.  Local  Boards  will  report  individual  inductions  to 
State  Headquarters  as  at  present.  State  Headquarters 
will  discontinue  the  present  practice  of  including  these 
inductions  in  their  daily  telegraphic  reports  of  inductions 
to  this  office.  State  Headquarters  will,  of  course,  include 
in  their  telegraphic  reports  in  July  individual  inductions 
made  by  Local  Boards  up  to  and  including  June  30th. 
They  will  not  include  in  their  telegraphic  reports  individ- 
ual inductions  made  by  Local  Boards  on  July  first  and 
thereafter. 

9.  A  sufficient  number  of  copies  of  this  letter  and 
sample  forms  2007  and  2008  are  being  forwarded  to  your 
headquarters  under  separate  cover  to  enable  you  to  distri- 
bute three  to  each  Local  Board  within  your  jurisdiction. 

Crowder. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C. 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  21  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  336. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  29,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Income  of  Dependents. 

The  following  telegram  received  from  the  office  of  the 
Provost  Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  June  26,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  seventeen  hundred  eleven.  Instruct  Local 
and  District  Boards  that  in  considering  claims  for  deferred 
Classification  on  dependency  grounds  they  will  disregard 
income  provided  by  the  State  or  ^lunicipalities  for  the 
maintenance  of  dependents  while  the  registrant  upon 
whose  labors  these  persons  are  dependent  for  support  are 
in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  22  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  337. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  June  29,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Street  Car  Tickets  for  Draft  Boards. 

The  following  letter  quoted  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

1.  Reference  your  letter  May  18,  1918,  authority  has 
been  obtained  from  the  Quartermaster  General  to  furnish 
street  car  transportation  to  Local  Boards  when  such  trans- 
portation is  necessar}^  in  forwarding  drafted  men  to  rail- 
road stations.  Tickets  have  already  been  furnished  to 
various  Local  Draft  Boards  upon  their  request  for  same. 

2.  In  connection  with  the  furnishing  of  street  car  tickets 
to  Draft  Boards  in  the  city  of  Oakland,  it  is  suggested 
that  when  required  requests  be  referred  to  the  Recruiting 
Officer  of  that  city.  By  authority  of  Depot  Quarter- 
master. 

By  direction  op  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G,  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  23  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  338. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-12  July  1,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Badges  for  Contingents. 

There  are  now  being  shipped  to  all  Local  Boards  badges  to 
be  worn,  in  accordance  with  Section  164,  Selective  Service 
Regulations,  by  the  men  called  for  service  when  entraining. 

These  badges  are  shield  shape  with  a  space  for  the  Local 
Board  to  put  their  stamp.  It  is  recommended  that  the  badge 
be  pinned  to  the  left  sleeve  and  worn  by  the  men  as  a  chevron. 
This  can  be  accomplished  very  nicely  by  pinning  through  the 
badge  and  the  sleeve  at  the  sides  of  the  badge.  One  pin  on 
each  side  will  be  sufficient. 

Pins  have  been  ordered  by  this  office  and  will  be  supplied  to 
Local  Boards  as  soon  as  received. 


By   DIRECTION   OF   THE   GOVERNOR. 


J.    J.    BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  24  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  339. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

H-18  July  1,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Emergency  Fleet  List. 

1.  Until  directed  to  the  contrary,  all  Local  Boards  should 
retain  on  their  Emergency  Fleet  List  the  names  of  the  men 
heretofore  listed  to  them. 

2.  There  Ls  now  being  arranged  a  system  whereby  a  complete 
check  of  all  registrants  working  with  the  Emergency  Fleet 
Corporation  will  be  checked  up  and,  in  order  that  no  injustice 
may  be  done  and  no  inconvenience  come  to  the  Emergency 
Fleet  Corporation,  all  Local  Boards  are  requested  to  refrain 
from  sending  men  who  are  actually  employed  in  the  Emergency 
Fleet  AVork  whether  properly  listed  or  not.  so  long  as  notice  is 
received  that  such  registrant  is  so  employed. 

By  Direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  25  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  340. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  1,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Delinquents.  ' 
The    following    telegram    from    the    office    of    the    Provost 
^Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  June  29,  1918.  ^ 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  seventeen  eighty-seven.  The  mailing  of 
Questionnaires  to  registrants  Class,  June,  1918,  is  now  in 
progress.  Before  any  registrant  of  this  class  is  reported 
as  delinquent,  the  necessary  procedure  by  Local  Boards 
and  State  Adjutant  General  as  to  delinquency  of  the 
Class,  June,  1917,  must  be  completed.  Unless  an  imme- 
diate and  thorough  clean  up  is  made  unnecessary  confu- 
sion will  inevitably  result.  I  can  not  over  emphasize  the 
necessity  of  the  immediate  completion  of  this  procedure 
as  outlined  in  Paragraphs  131  to  138  inclusive,  Selective 
Service  Regulations,  wdth  reference  to  those  registrants 
of  Class  on  June,  1917,  who  have  failed  to  file  a  Question- 
naire or  failed  to  appear  for  physical  examination.  The 
last  Questionnaires  have  been  mailed  this  class  of  regis- 
trants months  ago  and  if  instructions  from  this  office  have 
been  followed  physical  examinations  of  Class  1  men  have 
been  long  completed.  If  the  proper  procedure  has  been 
follow^ed  all  registrants  of  class  on  June,  1917,  who  have 
failed  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  the  Regulations 
have  been  reported  to  the  State  Adjutants  General  and 
proper  action  has  been  taken  at  State  Headquarters  wliich 
has  brought  such  delinquents  into  the  service  or  into  the 
status  of  deserters.  Reports  reaching  this  office  indicate 
that    many    Local    Boards    and    some    State    Adjutants 


—  26  — 

General  at  this  late  date  are  still  tardy  in  this  respect 
in  spite  of  my  telegram  B  twenty-four  of  ^March  6th  and 
my  General  Letter  to  all  Governors  of  ^lay  11th. 

"1.  Direct  all  Local  Boards  in  your  State  to  report  to 
you  by  return  mail  on  Form  1013  all  registrants  of  Class 
Jiuie,  1917.  and  who  have  not  previously  been  reported 
who  have  failed  to  file  Questionnaires  or  who  have  failed 
to  appear  for  physical  examination. 

2.  Direct  the  Boards  to  advise  you  definitely  in  the  same 
mail  that  they  have  or  have  not  already  completed  1013 
reports  of  this  class  of  registrants. 

3.  Follow  up  your  instructions  to  Local  Boards  per- 
sonally each  day  until  you  have  received  a  report  of  this 
character  from  each  Local  Board  in  your  State," 

If  there  are  any  remaining  delinquents  so  reported  by 
Local  Boards  to  whom  1014  and  succeeding  Induction 
Orders  have  not  as  yet  been  issued  complete  this  procedure 
at  once.  Advise  this  office  not  later  than  July  10th  the 
number  of  Local  Boards  in  your  State  who  have  filed  com- 
plete report  on  Form  1013,  who  have  not  as  yet  made  com- 
plete report  and  number  of  Local  Boards,  if  any,  from 
whom  you  have  been  unable  to  get  replies.  Also  advise  if 
Form  1014  has  been  mailed  by  your  Office  to  all  such 
delinquents  who  have  been  reported  to  you  on  Form  1013 
and  if  not  when  this  procedure  will  be  accomplished. 
Urgent. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  27  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  341. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  1,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :  Dependents. 
The    following    telegram    from    the    office    of    the    Provost 
Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  June  26,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  seventeen  thirty-nine.  It  is  reported  to  this 
office  that  in  the  reclassification  of  registrants  now  in 
progress,  some  Local  Boards  are  basing  the  dependency 
status  of  registrants  on  a  finding  of  w^hether  or  not  the 
parents  or  relatives  of  the  registrant  or  his  dependents 
are  willing  or  able  to  provide  for  the  dependents  while  the 
registrant  is  in  the  military  service.  Please  call  attention 
of  all  Boards  to  Paragraph  F,  Section  72,  Selective  Ser- 
vice Regulations,  which  clearly  means  that  the  ability  or 
willingness  of  parents  or  parents  in  law  of  a  registrant  to 
provide  for  his  dependents  must  not  be  considered. 
Please  further  instruct  all  Boards  that  this  rule  must  be 
adhered  to. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


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